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- The "Boston" breed of what dog type is sometimes adorably known as the "American gentleman?" These dogs are also the mascot of Boston University.
Answer: Terrier
- What Siberian dog breed is known for its thickly furred double coat, its large size, its vertical triangular ears, and for looking like an Alaskan Malamute?
Answer: Husky
- A male collie named Pal was the first dog to portray what legendary (and female) title character on television?
Answer: Lassie
- Home Depot’s own line of hand tools has the slogan “the toughest name in tools.” What is the name of that brand? (Hint: It’s also the name of a cold-loving dog breed that would be pumped to pull a sled you built yourself!)
Answer: Husky
- In a 2017 survey by Hasbro, the Scottie Dog beat the T-Rex and the Hat to claim the title of most popular playing token in what board game?
Answer: Monopoly
- Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was born in Minneapolis in 1922 and grew up in nearby St. Paul. Name the most famous dog drawn by Schulz.
Answer: Snoopy
- Unlike most Disney characters, Mickey Mouse's pet dog is not anthropomorphic beyond some facial expressions. What is the name of Mickey's dog that was first introduced in 1930?
Answer: Pluto
- What working and herding two-word dog breed is known for its intelligence and high levels of intelligence, as well as often having a two-colored coat? Their name is reminiscent of the dividing line between territories.
Answer: Border Collie
- Sharing his name with an element having the atomic number 29, what is the name of the titular dog in Disney’s “The Fox and the Hound?”
Answer: Copper
- Which expression for the hottest days of the summer comes from the heliacal rising of the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius?
Answer: Dog days
- Back in the late ‘90s when you couldn’t quickly edit photos or make a gif on any device, you probably downloaded which free, open-source graphics editing software with an icon that’s a dog with a paintbrush in its mouth? (Hint: Its an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program)
Answer: GIMP
- Voiced by John Travolta, the title character of what 2008 Disney animated film is a white dog with a lightning-shaped marking on his coat?
Answer: Bolt
- What breed of short-haired hunting dog gets its name from a German town that was a center of the Enlightenment, and which later gave its name to the German Republic that existed between the two world wars?
Answer: Weimaraner
- His breed was never revealed, but which fictional dog do you most likely remember as simply being very big and very red?
Answer: Clifford
- Which country has officially declared six dog breeds, including the Shiba and Akita, as national monuments?
Answer: Japan
- The Direwolves in the "Game of Thrones" TV series were played by Northern Inuit Dogs, a breed which has been in development since the 1980s. These dogs carry the genes of German Shepherds, Malamutes, and which Russian sled dog breed?
Answer: Siberian Huskies
- Bo is a male Portuguese Water Dog famously owned by what American family?
Answer: The Obamas
- Which K-word for a dog house also refers to the member’s only clubs for purebred dogs—particularly those that are shown or bred?
Answer: Kennel
- In a famous meme based on a comic by K.C. Green, a dog is seen in a room on fire- what three-word phrase does the dog say in nonchalant response to the situation?
Answer: "This is fine."
- Every year since its inception in 1973, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has taken place in which month?
Answer: March
- The first ever guide dog school was opened by Dr. Gerhard Stalling in 1916 in the town of Oldenburg in which European country?
Answer: Germany
- Which “Great” breed is a large mountain dog with French roots, a fluffy, thick, usually white coat, and a talent for shepherding?
Answer: Pyrenees
- Though they may not seem like hunters, what dog breed was originally developed to hunt burrowing animals? This breed's name, in fact, means "badger hound" in German.
Answer: Dachshund
- Based on the Jack London novel of the same name, what 2020 box-office flop features Harrison Ford as an outdoorsman who befriends a dog named Buck in the Yukon?
Answer: Call of the Wild
- A “chiweenie” is a mutt mash-up of a chihuahua and what narrow dog breed?
Answer: Dachshund
- Which breed of dog with distinctive coat markings that originated as a hunting dog and carriage dog is named after a historic region of Croatia?
Answer: Dalmatian
- Which canine trainer helped people with their problem pets on National Geographic’s “Dog Whisperer” from 2004 to 2012?
Answer: Cesar Millan
- The Peanuts Easter Special seems a little odd when you consider that Snoopy is which very vocal dog breed that was originally bred to hunt rabbits?
Answer: Beagle
- Buck, a St. Bernard-Scotch Shepherd mix, is abducted from his California home and pressed into service as an Alaskan sled dog in what classic 1903 novel?
Answer: The Call of the Wild
- The Airedale is the largest of which type of dog breed that takes its name from the Latin for “earth?”
Answer: Terrier
- Literally a shaggy dog story, the movie "Top Dog" teamed a dog named Reno and what "Walker, Texas Ranger" star to foil a terror plot in San Diego?
Answer: Chuck Norris - Which dog with a repetitive name may have been referenced in ancient China as resembling lions with their blue-black tongues?
Answer: Chow Chow
- What athletic hound, built like a Great Dane with long silky brown hair, has a name that sounds like the dog came from Kabul?
Answer: Afghan Hound
- Fans of what “B” Blue Heeler cartoon puppy, debuting in Australia in 2018 and later on Disney Junior, can get tiny figurines of the dog and his family?
Answer: Bluey
- Who's a good boy? The much-Comic Sans'ed doge meme features Kabosu, a dog of what fluffy Japanese dog breed?
Answer: Shiba Inu
- In the 1983 horror movie “Cujo”, which is based on a novel by Stephen King of the same name, what large breed is the terrorizing title character? This breed of dog takes its name from an Italian monk.
Answer: Saint Bernard
- What Bahamas-based musical group had the catchy hit, "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
Answer: Baha Men
- Although it alternates the route in even and odd years, Alaska's famous Iditarod sled dog race always begins in Anchorage and ends in what Seward Peninsula city?
Answer: Nome
- Sharing the first half of his name with both his own and a different dog breed, Target's mascot Bullseye is what breed of dog?
Answer: Bull Terrier
- What 2005 family film stars AnnaSophia Robb as a young girl who adopts a dog she finds at a Florida supermarket, naming him after the supermarket chain?
Answer: Because of Winn-Dixie
- What is the name of the service dog who assisted former President George H.W. Bush in the last six months of his life? The dog was named after the hero pilot who successfully landed a U.S. Airways flight in the Hudson River in 2009.
Answer: Sully
- In Chic Young’s syndicated newspaper comic strip “Blondie”, Joplin, Missouri is the hometown of the titular character, her husband Dagwood Bumstead, her children Alexander and Cookie, and what family dog with a floral name?
Answer: Daisy
- On the NBC sitcom “Fraiser,” Martin Crane owned a pet pooch named Eddie. What kind of terrier was the lovable canine character on the original series?
Answer: Jack Russell Terrier
- Djinn Djinn was the super on-the-snoot name of the title character's dog on what old-school sitcom that anagrams to I FREED A EMO NINJA?
Answer: I Dream of Jeannie
- An Oktoberfest Zinzinatti event features what hound group breed racing each other wearing hot dog costumes?
Answer: Dachshund
- What medium-large dog breed is the most popular dog breed in the United States, and is commonly used as a guide dog?
Answer: Labrador Retriever
- What late 19th and early 20th century Russian psychologist famously proved that responses could be conditioned by association, such as a dog drooling at the sound of the bell that rang before it was fed? His “P” name has become vernacular for someone reacting to a seemingly neutral thing.
Answer: Ivan Pavlov
- In Michigan folklore, what creepy canine-esque character has been described as seven feet tall with glistening eyes of blue or yellow and a terrifying, humanoid howl?
Answer: Dogman
- What “A” dog breed is a livestock guardian or shepherd dog from Turkey, known for its intelligence and bravery?
Answer: Akbash
- A surgical caudectomy is the technical term for the docking of what body part, as might be performed on a dog or horse?
Answer: Tail
- What herding dog breed is used the most in police forces around the world?
Answer: German Shepherd
- Which giant breed of dog is sometimes called the German Mastiff?
Answer: Great Dane
- Popular in Northern Mexico and among Spanish-speaking Texans, “La Canícula” refers to the rainless, hot, stagnant days between July and August. It's equivalent to what 2-word alliterative idiom that's more common to English speakers?
Answer: Dog days
- Which A-term refers to an animal's age in years rather than their age in terms of development? For example, how old a dog actually is by the calendar as opposed to how many “dog years” old they are.
Answer: Absolute
- What’s the canine-inspired name for a space off the rig floor that can be used as an office or for storage?
Answer: Doghouse
- What is the official state dog of North Carolina? The breed was developed by, and named for, a German immigrant to North Carolina.
Answer: Plott hound
- “Roll that beautiful bean footage!” Which loyal breed was Duke, the family dog who supposedly knows the secret Bush’s Baked Beans recipe?
Answer: Golden Retriever
- If a dog has thyroid hyperplasia, which common name for the condition when it occurs in humans could you use when talking to the owner?
Answer: Goiter
- Which large breed of Hungarian working dog is known for its corded coat that looks like dreadlocks?
Answer: Komondor
- What American—not English—hound is the state dog of Virginia? George Washington was an important figure in the development of the breed.
Answer: American foxhound
- Which dog breed with roots in the ancient Middle East has long been a favored racing dog given its speed? (no word on whether its long, hairy ears that look a bit like pigtails give it any aerodynamic advantage)
Answer: Saluki
- What breed of dog was named after an English clergyman who bred hunting dogs in the mid 1800s?
Answer: Jack Russell terrier
- A real-life dog, who appeared in numerous films in the 1920's and 1930's, gave its name to a fictional dog in a classic 1950's Western TV show. What name did these dogs share?
Answer: Rin Tin Tin
- Long before Air Bud proved there's nothing in the rules that says a dog can't play basketball, Delaware made what breed, among the most commonly owned in the U.S., its state dog?
Answer: Golden Retriever
- "Handsome Dan" has been the name of the live bulldog mascot of the sports teams of what Ivy League school since 1889?
Answer: Yale University
- The 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily was undertaken as part of a World War II operation that used what Arctic dog breed as a code name?
Answer: Husky
- The title character's family fosters a pup being trained as a service animal for the blind in "Kristy Thomas, Dog Trainer," the 118th installment in what popular children's novel series by Ann M. Martin?
Answer: The Baby-Sitters Club
- A crime-fighting canine needs a nose for crime. Which super-sniffing dog breed was the first animal to have its evidence deemed admissible in U.S. courts?
Answer: Bloodhound
- What's the name of the energetic Australian Cattle Dog who is the title star of a popular children's show airing in the U.S. on Disney+?
Answer: Bluey
- Adolf Hitler’s dog Blondi, who was gifted to him a puppy, was what breed?
Answer: German Shepherd
- Which POTUS found himself in the proverbial doghouse after Life magazine published a photo of him holding his pet beagle (who was, in fact, named “Him”) by his ears in 1964?
Answer: Lyndon B Johnson
- If a Pomeranian dog is actually from Pomerania, that means it's from Germany or a voivodeship in what nearby country?
Answer: Poland
- According to ancient Greek literature, Argos, the dog of what wayward king of Ithaca, died of joy after seeing his master for the first time in decades?
Answer: Odysseus
- What company, whose trademark included a dog listening to a gramophone, sold the first mass-produced color television set starting in 1954?
Answer: RCA
- To honor the state’s history of training them, what special kind of helpful working pup was declared New Jersey’s state dog in 2020?
Answer: Seeing eye
- Jim Belushi plays a rage-a-holic San Diego detective who gets partnered with a dog in a 1989 movie with what very short, on-the-nose title?
Answer: K-9
- A dog called Cosmo licks Taneleer Tivan's before a duck says "Why do you let it lick you like that? Gross." This is the end credit scene of which MCU movie?
Answer: Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Japanese Raccoon Dog (as opposed to the mainland Raccoon Dog) is also known by what Japanese name? These animals are abundant in Japan, even in cities.
Answer: Tanuki
- Adopted after his Alaskan antics by a Buckeye industrialist, you can visit the preserved body of what Iditarod-inspiring, antidote-schleppin' sled dog at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History?
Answer: Balto
- Franklin Roosevelt named his dog “Murray the Outlaw of Falahill” (“Fala” for short) after an ancestor that came from the same country as the pup’s breed. What kind of dog was Fala?
Answer: Scottish Terrier
- The character of Eddie Crane on the popular 90s TV show "Frasier" was the family dog (and named Moose in real life). What breed was he?
Answer: Jack Russell
- A bulldog named Chance and a golden retriever named Shadow are two of the three protagonists of what 1993 Disney live-action family flick?
Answer: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
- A bulldog simply named "Dog" who is pictured holding up a refreshing likeness of the soda's name is the mascot of what PepsiCo subsidiary brand?
Answer: Mug Root Beer
- What dog food brand introduced by General Foods in 1959 “Makes the gravy your dog is craving", according to one of its 1987 commercials?
Answer: Gravy Train
- What is the homeowner's insurance exclusion that means that the insurer is not on the hook if your dog bites someone or damages property? This exclusion was originally developed for owners of breeds assumed to be aggressive, like Doberman Pinschers and Rottweilers.
Answer: Canine liability exclusion
- The marathon course at the 1972 Munich Olympics was shaped like Waldi, a dog of what pretty much local breed?
Answer: Dachshund
- Calling your dog “Fido” (which comes from the Latin term for “faithful”) has largely become a cliche. While this pet name for your pet goes back to Ancient Rome, it didn’t catch on in modern times until the 1860s. When he took office in 1861, which president made the name popular when he introduced his dog, Fido, to America? (Hint: The loyal hound attended his funeral a few years later)
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
- President Calvin Coolidge's favorite dog was what collie, who shares his alliterative name with a classic cocktail made with Scotch and vermouth?
Answer: Rob Roy
- The sports teams of Southern Illinois University are named for what Egyptian dog breed, sometimes called "Persian greyhounds?"
Answer: Salukis
- What was the name of the painting that featured a mongrel dog named Nipper listening to a gramophone? This three-word title, sometimes abbreviated "HMV," later became a slogan associated with the Gramophone company and RCA.
Answer: His Master's Voice
- What breed of terrier dog gets its name from the dividing line between England and Scotland, in the Cheviot Hills?
Answer: Border Terrier
- Dog head, plain donut body, rainbows coming out of its butt: That's Donut Dog, a tribute parody of what internet character?
Answer: Nyan Cat
- What charming toy dog, with a curled over tail and long silky hair in a multitude of colors, is the only dog native to Cuba?
Answer: Havanese
- A Hollywood tall tale surrounding the first ever Academy Awards claims that a dog received more Best Actor votes than any person. What four-legged friend, with over 20 films to his name by the time he went to doggy heaven, is the star of this movie myth?
Answer: Rin Tin Tin
- What iconic Oakland restaurant was once just called "The Original Hot Dog Shop," until the name of founder Syd Simon's late wife was added?
Answer: Essie's Original Hot Dog Shop
- What is the official state dog of New Hampshire? The name also refers to a variety of salmon.
Answer: Chinook
- What 1965 play was adapted into a 1968 movie, then a 1970s TV Show, and then a 1975 cartoon? The cartoon featured a dog named Fleabag and a cat named Spiffy.
Answer: The Odd Couple
- In France, the dog is called Berger de Brie. Elsewhere, what name is given to the large, long-coated herding breed with the unusual feature of double dewclaws on its hind legs?
Answer: Briard
- What name deriving from the Russian for “swift” is the dog breed formerly known as the Russian Wolfhound (having been bred in Russia coursing and hunting) now known as?
Answer: Borzoi
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